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Android 3.2 Update for XOOM Will Finally Add SD Card Support to U.S. XOOMs

Yep, the Motorola XOOM Android 3.2 update that we just showed you the first pictures of, will indeed enable SD card support. It’s about damn time, right? Apologies for the blurry picture, but you can clearly see that there is new option under phone storage for “SD Card.”

Early word would suggest that this is only rolling out to WiFi XOOMs and not the Verizon 3G version, but we’re still waiting for confirmation on that. We should point out that it wouldn’t surprise us to see the WiFi version receive it first, since the Euro versions all had SD support after the 3.1 update.

Definitely developing…

Cheers again Michael M.!

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Hello, Xoom Folks. I updated my “WIFI only” Motorola Xoom to 3.2 and am using a Micro SD card
(32GB) in the “now” functioning slot. Moreover, I tested file
transferring via a SD card adapter, USB cable and WIFI (using a Cisco
Wireless Router) and the performance is off the charts. Honeycomb recognizes the Micro SD disk with no issues.
As part of my data flow test, I transferred a 1080p HD movie (MP4) and
several hundred songs (MP3) onto the mounted disk. All media plays
perfectly. When Motorola says it’s coming, once they build it, it will come! Note to file: The Class 6, 32GB Kingston Micro SD disk is from Taiwan.

Jngresens

I have a Xoom with 3G/4G capability, but I don’t have a contract for their use. Does this categorize me as having a wi-fi only Xoom?

Kimshumake

Just got the update. Now what……..

TJRB

I got the update to, but see no option to mount an SD card … you?

TJRB

I received the 3.2 update and can confirm that there is NO MicroSD support!

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I’m just curious about something with this. If the Xoom has recieved an update for SD card support then that would obviously mean the Xoom has had an SD card slot since it was built and released. so why didn’t they just release SD card support the day of release instead of having a useless slot on the device?

Anonymous

Okay, NOW I care about 3.2

Anonymous

we (xoom owners) will get android 3.2 soon, that’s the only thing which counts …

If the customer buys it an is happy then i really don’t see how its a moronic idea. the android platofrm is a work in progress, and as i said when you’re an early adopter you acknowledge that there are kinks/features to be worked on. i got the wifi only so the 4g not coming standard was moot fort me, and it had plenty of internal storage to hold off on using an sdcard for a little while.

this customer is not a moron, he knows exactly what he got for his money and he’s been very happy with the product.

thanks for your sophomoric opinion though!

Peter Lambardi

The same people that would pay $4000 for the best laptop in the country without a working keyboard.

I think I was one of the last people to get the 3.1 update so I won’t be holding my breath on this one. One daily update check should suffice. Glad they added that option in with the last update, the date changing trick was a pain.

Anonymous

I think I was one of the last people to get the 3.1 update so I won’t be holding my breath on this one. One daily update check should suffice. Glad they added that option in with the last update, the date changing trick was a pain.

sending. Sorry guys this is my last. I was one of the people that invited their whole contact list. lol.

Peter Lambardi

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Peter Lambardi

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rob

Any word on weather this is going to work on rooted wifi xoom? I finally got mine stable after the first rom messed up everything….

A correction for this article, the European update hasn’t rolled out yet (China and Japan got the update, Australia started but has been paused due to issues – Nowhere in Europe has received the update).

I’m totally disgusted by the terrible customer service from Motorola, we haven’t received any updates and there are several irritating issues, where as their American customers have been the first to receive both 3.1 and 3.2!

DroidzFX

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Anonymous

Who cares? Plenty of space on my Xoom as it is, thanks to cloud storage.

Anonymous

Never thought I’d see one of our own make apologies for bad design decisions… I thought that was the provenance of iFans…

Anonymous

Is the wifi version a GED too? If not, could this just be the same hack that moto used to get the SD card working on the non-US Xooms?

Will us Verizon Xoom owners still be shafted?

Gfacekilla

Why in the world would Verizon/Motorola not release it for the Xoom 3G? Is it because for the 3G you have to upgrade and get the 4G also? Let’s hope not!!

Chuck Phillips

Still waiting to see it with my own eyes before rushing out to Amazon to buy an SD card. Regular SD, not micro, correct?

Lol, that’s what I was thinking. Sounds like he might need to rush out to Amazon and purchase a Xoom before purchasing that card 😛

Chuck Phillips

I actualy have a Xoom smartass. I havent rooted it and installed the Tiamat kernel, and since I dont have SD card support stock, I havent felt the need to go out and purchase an SD card. The smugness and smartassery around here is beginning to remind me of those turtle neck wearing other guys.

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